Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
https://twitter.com/benyelloc/status/1752916897706967420 This racing commentator on Twitter is blowing up big time about the defeat of the Annabel Neasham trained Plundering at Doomben yesterday. Here are some basic facts. Horses throw shoes behind the barrier regularly and get reshod by the farrier, and it’s not a big deal. Runners get vetted at the start and are […]
Haley Robyn is well tried 5YO mare that had 50 runs for its previous trainer and only won two races, the first way back in November 2021 and the latter a year later at backwater Wyndham. In late November of last year when the mare was bought by the Australians Aaron Bain and Summit Bloodstock […]
What’s the most common form of cheating – tubing – you don’t have to be a genius to figure out that tubing a horse will give it a huge advantage. If horses are not pre-race tested, how do we find out what’s going on, if it (TC02) is burned off in a race? – Robert […]
Keep your eyes on the horse in front as they approach the crossing after the finish line in race 2 at Doomben today. No it wasn’t a steeplechase. This crossing has already killed one galloper. How long will it be until it slays another?
There are some interesting internal rumblings happening at QRIC at the moment. Apparently at the recent Review meeting Commissioner Gillard sat mute, as did some participants who were unwilling to raise concerns, apparently fearing retribution if they did. There is also a possibility that some former QRIC employees who left the organisation as a result […]
Hey Archie, The Murrihy report just highlights what we in the industry already knew. The biggest disgrace is the so called drivers who continue to drive for him. They should all be named and shamed. How they can be that loose with their morals and integrity is astounding. They should hang there head in shame […]
Only 10 percent of Weasels in the wild live longer than 2 years. Very few live more than ten years in captivity. Weasel the pacer has just turned 17 years old and is still going strong. Well sort of anyway. After a mammoth 437 start career the old bloke’s alive and well and – quite […]
The state’s racing integrity body will be abolished and replaced after a damning report upheld claims of race fixing and animal cruelty in the harness racing industry. Describing the public release of the Murrihy report as “a dark day for racing”, Racing Minister Felix Ellis expressed shock and dismay at its findings of weak regulation, […]
Mr Murrihy upheld claims of team driving in race 2 at Burnie on October 7, 2002, in which the Ben Yole stable had six of the ten starters. “It is determined that Mitch Ford acted in concert with Nathan Ford by giving up the lead so as to cause Juniper to be unlawfully advantaged and […]
I have often criticized the racing writers for harness.org,au, claiming far more regularly than I would like to that they are little but stooges for their employer who are afraid to say or write anything that doesn’t abide with the company line. Well here is there chance to prove me wrong. As readers of this […]
